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1978-79 Georgia Southern Eagles Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 9-18 (Independent)

Coach: James Scearce

PS/G: 80.5 (49th of 262)

PA/G: 86.1 (251st of 262)

SRS: -9.76 (215th of 256)

SOS: -3.11 (172nd of 256)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Matt Simpkins	SR	G	6-4	22.0 Pts, 4.0 Reb
Kevin Anderson	SR	F	6-5	18.0 Pts, 10.3 Reb
John Fowler	JR	F	6-9	15.4 Pts, 10.1 Reb
Phil Leisure	SR	G	6-2	6.4 Pts, 3.2 Reb
Steve Taylor	FR	C	6-8	5.5 Pts, 5.6 Reb
Reggie Cofer	FR	G	6-1	4.9 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Tim James	FR	G	6-0	3.9 Pts, 1.3 Reb
Jerome Anderson	SO	F	6-6	4.0 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Bobby Jahn	FR	F	6-5	2.4 Pts, 1.2 Reb
Tony Gibson	SO	G	6-2	2.0 Pts, 0.8 Reb
Donald Barber	FR	C	6-7	0.2 Pts, 0.4 Reb

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		33.9	76.4	.443	12.8	18.8	.682	42.4					21.9	80.5
Opponent	27		34.1	70.1	.486	18.0	25.1	.714	46.7					19.1	86.1

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	27		914	2062	.443	346	507	.682	1146					592	2174
Opponent	27		920	1894	.486	485	679	.714	1260					516	2325

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PTS
1	Matt Simpkins	G	26	9.3	20.6	.453	9.3	20.6	3.3	4.7	.713	4.0	22.0
2	Kevin Anderson	F	26	7.7	16.7	.462	7.7	16.7	2.5	4.0	.635	10.3	18.0
3	John Fowler	F	27	6.3	14.2	.445	6.3	14.2	2.8	3.7	.758	10.1	15.4
4	Phil Leisure	G	27	2.5	6.2	.401	2.5	6.2	1.4	1.8	.796	3.2	6.4
5	Steve Taylor	C	27	2.4	5.6	.427	2.4	5.6	0.7	1.5	.500	5.6	5.5
6	Reggie Cofer	G	27	1.9	4.6	.415	1.9	4.6	1.1	1.4	.816	1.4	4.9
7	Jerome Anderson	F	19	1.7	3.2	.525	1.7	3.2	0.6	1.4	.444	2.6	4.0
8	Tim James	G	26	1.8	4.3	.407	1.8	4.3	0.3	0.5	.643	1.3	3.9
9	Bobby Jahn	F	18	1.1	2.3	.463	1.1	2.3	0.3	0.4	.750	1.2	2.4
10	Tony Gibson	G	11	1.0	3.0	.333	1.0	3.0	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	2.0
11	Donald Barber	C	12	0.1	0.3	.250	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.2
	Team Totals		27	33.9	76.4	.443	33.9	76.4	12.8	18.8	.682	42.4	80.5

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	PF	PTS
1	Matt Simpkins	26	243	536	.453	87	122	.713	105		573
2	Kevin Anderson	26	201	435	.462	66	104	.635	268		468
3	John Fowler	27	171	384	.445	75	99	.758	272		417
4	Phil Leisure	27	67	167	.401	39	49	.796	86		173
5	Steve Taylor	27	64	150	.427	20	40	.500	151		148
6	Reggie Cofer	27	51	123	.415	31	38	.816	38		133
7	Tim James	26	46	113	.407	9	14	.643	35		101
8	Jerome Anderson	19	32	61	.525	12	27	.444	49		76
9	Bobby Jahn	18	19	41	.463	6	8	.750	21		44
10	Tony Gibson	11	11	33	.333	0	1	.000	9		22
11	Donald Barber	12	1	4	.250	0	0		5		2
	School Totals	27	914	2062	.443	346	507	.682	1146	592	2174